objectives: to investigate the effectiveness of resiliency training in improving the mother-child relationship between mothers and their children with mental retardation.  methods: this study employed an experimental design (pre-test, post-test) with the control group. the statistical population consisted of 52 mothers and their educable and mentally retarded children (3-12 years old) who were ...

The current study investigated behavioral and neural effects of motor, mental, and combined motor and mental training on a finger tapping task. The motor or mental training groups trained on a finger-sequence for a total of 72 min over 6 weeks. The motor and mental training group received 72 min motor training and in addition 72 min mental training. Results showed that all groups increased thei...

BACKGROUND Australian General Practitioners have been beneficiaries of extensive training in mental health care delivery over the last few years but less so other workers who support those with mental illness. Training is needed as it is widely recognised that the most effective interventions to prevent and treat mental disorders are often not readily available. The Mental Health Aptitudes into...

The purpose of this study is to examine the effect of mental abacus training for children on their working memory. Suppression tasks were manipulated to investigate the roles played by visuo-spatial sketchpad and phonological loop for working memory of the primary task in tree experiments. The results showed that children who had received mental abacus training exhibited better performance on d...

normal 0 false false false en-us x-none ar-sa microsoftinternetexplorer4 introduction: dentistry is among the most stressful professions. active dentists may probably experience higher degrees of stress than the normal population. former studies have shown that occupational health disorders are sensibly more common among dentists. the purpose of this study was to evaluate the effect of stress m...

BACKGROUND In order to reduce the huge treatment gap in mental health, WHO has called for integrating mental health into primary care. The purposes of this study are to provide a training course to improve the community mental health staff's knowledge of mental health and reduce stigma related to mental illness, as well as to evaluate the impact of this training on knowledge and stigma. METHO...

Training of multipurpose workers in mental health is an essential component in the implementation of the National Mental Health Program. This study examines the efficacy of a six day training program and the changes in knowledge, management skills and attitudes of multipurpose workers with regard to mental disorders.